Career ladder
Common Entrepreneurship roles and typical compensation bands in India:
- Founder — Variable
- Co-founder / CXO — Variable + equity
Ideation
Focus areas for the ideation phase:
- Problem discovery
- Customer research
Build
Focus areas for the build phase:
- MVP
- Pricing
- First 10 customers
Scale
Focus areas for the scale phase:
- Hiring
- Fundraise or bootstrap
- Ops
Signals recruiters look for
Beyond skills, hiring managers screen for these signals:
- Shipped projects on GitHub / portfolio
- Certifications relevant to the role
- Communication in interviews
- Domain knowledge (industry-specific)
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